ARVAL is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. ARVAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ARVAL?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ARVAL is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ARVAL
Front hooks — 1
larvalBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How ARVAL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ARVAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What stands out about ARVAL
- The same 5 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ARVAL mean in Scrabble?
noun
dialect
A funeral feast, once held in parts of northern England to mark a burial.
An arval was traditionally held after a funeral, when mourners gathered to eat and drink together, often sharing a special loaf known as arval bread. The custom belonged chiefly to Yorkshire and other parts of northern England, and it echoes older Norse traditions surrounding death. Few communities still hold a formal arval today, though the word survives in local history and dialect studies.
How ARVAL is used
A dialect term, chiefly historical, tied to northern English funeral customs.
- The village held an arval after the old farmer was buried.
- Mourners shared bread at the arval following the funeral.
- Local historians described the custom of the arval in detail.
- Neighbors gathered for the arval to remember the deceased.
- The recipe for arval bread was passed down through generations.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ARVAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ARVAL
The 5 tiles of ARVAL in a different order — 3 found.
Words ending in ARVAL
1 words end in ARVAL. Useful as a back hook: play ARVAL onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in ARVAL
Common questions about ARVAL
- Is ARVAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ARVAL, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ARVAL worth?
- ARVAL is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ARVAL mean?
- A funeral feast, once held in parts of northern England to mark a burial.
- What letters can be added to ARVAL?
- ARVAL takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ARVAL:
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